Formed
on 21 December 1918 and replacing the Cinema Camera Club
[1913, New York] and the Static Club [1913, California].
The official charter was issued on 8 January 1919.
Membership was [and is] by invitation only. William S.
Hart and Mary Pickford were the first producers to place
the letters 'A.S.C.' after the photographer's name in
screen credits.

BSC - Great Britain

British Society of Cinematographers

In 1947,
Bert Easey, head of the Denham Studio and
Pinewood Studio camera departments, put forward
the idea of forming a society of British
cinematographers. Most of Britain's cameramen were gathered for an industry dinner at the
Orchard Hotel in Ruislip. With the approval of the assembled
gathering the British Society of Cinematographers
Limited, with 55 original members, was born in September
1949.

BVK - Germany

Bundesverband
Kamera/German Society of Cinematographers

Before
WWII, Guido Seeber founded the 'Club
Deutscher Kameramänner'. The CDK was disbanded during
the Third Reich, but it was revived in 1950. In 1980, the organization was
replaced by the Bundesverband Kamera.

CSC - Canada

Canadian Society of Cinematographers

The
CSC was conceived in 1957 in the lobby of a film studio
at Woodbine and Danforth in east-end Toronto. The idea
for the Society originated with Herbert Alpert. Alpert
said it was 'mostly out of pride' that he felt the need
to establish a society similar to the American Society
of Cinematographers, despite the small size of the film
community in Toronto and in Canada in general.

IMAGO
was founded in Rome on 13 December 1992 on the initiative of Luciano Tovoli and
with the
participation of the AIC, AFC, BSC and BVK.

ISC
- India

Indian
Society of Cinematographers

Founded
in December 1995.

JSC - Japan

Japanese
Society of Cinematographers

In
December 1954, 75 cinematographers affiliated with the
major studios founded the Nippon Cinematographer Club.
The name was changed to Japanese Society of
Cinematographers in 1960.

NSC - Netherlands

Netherlands Society of Cinematographers

Founded in
1994.

SBC - Belgium

Belgian Society of
Cinematographers

On
4 April 1993, Luciano Tovoli invited ten Belgian
cinematographers for an informal meeting, which was
followed a week later by the decision to found an
association. On 11 December the bilingual statutes were
signed.

SOC
- USA

Society of
CameraOperators

The
SOC, formed in 1978, is an honorary organization
composed of several hundred men and women
internationally, who make their living operating film
and/or video cameras. The SOC was incorporated in 1981 in
California.